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Wellness Spotlight: Campaign highlights National Breastfeeding Month
August 16, 2023 — During the month of August, the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee sponsors National Breastfeeding Month to support babies and families. This year’s theme is This is Our Why — a time to celebrate lactating parents and support nursing mothers in the workplace.The awareness campaign aims to inform, anchor, engage and galvanize action on breastfeeding and... MORE

Chief of Staff of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Navy Capt. Dr. Kelly Elmore and Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Wendy Woodhall poses with Jenny Vasques Robles and Melanie Buzzelli both breastfeeding moms. Capt. Elmore also a cerfitied OBGYN was the guest speaker during the event to stress the importance of breastfeeding month, Aug. 18, 2022. (Photo by Alpha Kamara, Command Communications)

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard completes USS Tucson availability
August 16, 2023 — Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully completed all planned maintenance and modernization work on USS Tucson (SSN 770) Aug. 15, delivering the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine back to the fleet... MORE

USS Tucson (SSN 770) Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine sits in dry dock with the USS Tucson team of people standing in front of her holding a banner.

RADM LeClair Visits the Expeditionary Maintenance Department
August 16, 2023 — Rear Adm. Ted LeClair, Deputy Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Director, Task Force LCS, visited our Expeditionary Maintenance Department to meet with our Sailors and staff, view our spaces, and get an overview on the outstanding work this team has accomplished in the last year... MORE

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Welcomes First Contingent of AUKUS Personnel
August 15, 2023 — Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -- Personnel from participating nations reported to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY&IMF) in support of the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) security partnership’s Pillar One initiative, Aug. 14.The Pillar One initiative is delivering a conventionally armed nuclear... MORE

The trilateral AUKUS Advanced Verification Team at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility

U.S. Navy Launches Future USS Ted Stevens
August 15, 2023 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. –The future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), was recently launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division.During the launch process, the ship is translated from a land level facility to a dry dock in preparation of floating off.DDG 128 will be a Flight III guided missile destroyer. The Flight III upgrade is... MORE

NAVSEA Improves Readiness of USS Bataan with New 3D Printing Capability
August 15, 2023 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD –The crew of USS Bataan (LHD 5), supported by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), recently completed the first metal 3D part fabrication and replacement for a de-ballast air compressor (DBAC) in only five days using her permanently installed metal 3D printer... MORE

The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) steams underway in the Arabian Gulf.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard supports STEM event
August 14, 2023 — Local youth expanded their understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with members of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard during an event at the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, July 20, 2023. The shipyard booths featured interactive activities and demonstrations such as a dry dock model, STEM educational Lego kits, and a robotic arm for the children to interact with and get excited about the various jobs at the shipyard... MORE

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Engineer Vance Hashimoto, right, from Code 100TO.32 Technology Insertion, demonstrates how to use a robotic arm to students during a STEM event at the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum

Dickinson Assumes Command of NAVSEA Warfare Centers
August 11, 2023 — Washington Navy Yard – Capt. Thomas J. Dickinson assumed command of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers during a ceremony on Aug. 11, 2023, at the Washington Navy Yard, relieving Rear Adm. Kevin P. Byrne, who retired after a 30-year naval career.Dickinson previously served as principal military deputy and chief operating officer... MORE

WASHINGTON (August 11, 2023) – (R) Capt. Thomas Dickinson relieved (L) Rear Admiral Kevin Byrne at the NAVSEA Warfare Centers Change of Command ceremony in Leutze Park at the Washington Navy Yard.

Construction Begins on Future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr.
August 11, 2023 — SAN DIEGO – Construction started on the sixth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD NASSCO), Aug. 8.The ESB ship class is highly flexible and used across a broad range of military operations supporting multiple operational phases, similar to the... MORE

Chariza “Chacha” Solis, a long-time NASSCO employee and the Start of Construction honoree for the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata, initiated the first cut of steel that will be used to construct the vessel.

NSWC Dahlgren Division aerospace scientist named the Department of Defense High-Performance Computing Modernization Program 2022 Up and Coming Hero Award recipient
August 11, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Command and senior leadership congratulate Andrew Sorensen for his selection as the Department of Defense (DoD) High-Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) 2022 Up and Coming Hero Award recipient.Each year, the Hero Awards program selects individuals supporting the DoD through the... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) aerospace scientist Andrew Sorensen received the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program’s (HPCMP) 2022 Up and Coming Hero Award for his contributions to the HPCMP community as well as increasing NSWCDD’s technical capabilities and developments in hypersonics munition programs.